The Criminal Inside_THE ATONEMENT_Apartment 211_WHERE'S ESTELLE?
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The Criminal Inside
The whistle of the train pierced Jacob's ear and steam swirled about him as he pulled himself aboard. The Madeira-Mamoré Railroad was small and inelegant, but an achievement costing many lives to build and earning it the nickname “The Devil's Railroad.” The passing scenery included the Madiera and the Mamoré rivers and several smaller tributaries. Jacob took a seat by a dark-skinned man wearing a turban.~~~ "You sat on my hand!" "I did not!" "Did too--see the mark from your button?" There was no doubting the way this trip would go. "Children, please!" A pale man with spectacles set his newspa...
THE ATONEMENT
The once-a-month cookery group would gather in what was called the Club Room of a residential complex in which the Pintos lived. Pinto’s wife Jay always hosted the event and the small group now came together. Jay welcomed the members. She was less than 30 and was good looking. She was dressed in a sari and her hair had been knotted into a bun. Kate was a member and she came dressed also in a sari. Jay told the group “Today we’ll see the new soup which can be heated and served even for a week. This will be demonstrated by madam Liyan.” Liyan who was of Chinese origin came wearing a flowered lon...
Apartment 211
Harper fidgets with her sister Sammy’s keys as she steps off the Chicago sidewalk and into the apartment building. She stands in the entryway for a moment taking in the musty smell as a calming breath but it doesn’t ease her nerves. The air is too thick and too tense. Harper still feels the intense pressure on her chest and the hollowness in her bones she’s had since that phone call. Her sister’s absence is impossible to ignore. She looks out beyond the small entryway down the first floor hallway. Faded, chipped, red paint pathetically clings to the walls while the lightbulb at the far end of...
WHERE'S ESTELLE?
The skill set Joe Benson spent years mastering technology rendered obsolete in the 1980s. Because of his unique talent, Joe is in constant demand. Joe’s an expert at repairing Rotary Telephones. He could fix any rotary telephone.If you were born after the 1990s, likelywww.onedoor.cc, you never saw a rotary phone. Like the cellphone today, everyone had a rotary telephone. Through the repairs and consulting fees, Joe earned a comfortable living. Joe surveyed his shop and smiled. All models of Rotary adorned his shop. Joe took pride he could name all the phones and their history. How lucky he was, he tho...